Special Operations: Headhunter -
Urban war Tournament
3rd June 2012
at Highlander Games
Scenario: Headhunter
This scenario is used in conjunction with the Strategic Withdrawal scenario for tournament play. The Headhunter scenario is very simple. Each player must attempt to kill their opponent's commander model for which the player will receive bonus victory points
In addition the first player in the tournament to kill their opponent's commander will receive the Headhunter T-shirt .
All of the players arrived in good spirits ready to begin the first 300 point game at 10am
Round One - "It's time to make a hero out of you."
Round one begins
Table 1 Viridians Versus Gladiators
Table 2 V.A.S.A versus Viridians
Table 3 V.A.S.A versus Syntha
A well placed Gladiator howitzer shell takes the headhunter prize
leaving the Viridians Leaderless
Table 1 - Ian Fergus - Viridians (12) V Neil McGregor -Gladiators (20)
Draw
Table 2 - James Fergus- V.A.S.A (0) V Sion Bayliss - Viridians (32)
Crushing victory
Table 3 - Stefan Jelks- V.A.S.A (12) V Dan Rayner - Syntha (12)
Draw
Round Two - "seize some ground."
Round two begins
Table 1 Gladiator versus Viridians
Table 2 Viridians versus Syntha
Table 3 V.A.S.A Versus V.A.S.A
Round two results (including headhunter points)
Table 1 - Sion Bayliss - Viridians (28) V Neil McGregor -Gladiators (4)
Major Victory
Table 2 - Dan Rayner - Syntha (4) V Ian Fergus - Viridians (32)
Crushing victory
Table 3 - Stefan Jelks- V.A.S.A (16) V James Fergus- V.A.S.A (16)
Minor Victory
Round Three - "Full Alert status."
Round 3
Table 1 Viridians versus Viridians
Table 2 V.A.S.A versus Gladiators
Table 3 Syntha versus V.A.S.A
Round three results (including headhunter points)
Table 1 - Sion Bayliss - Viridians (32) V Ian Fergus - Viridians (4)
Crushing Victory
Table 2 - Stefan Jelks- V.A.S.A (32) V Neil McGregor -Gladiators (0)
Crushing victory
Table 3 - Dan Rayner - Syntha (8) V James Fergus- V.A.S.A (28)
Major victory
Round Four - "Now the fun part.."
Round 4 pairings
Table 1 Virdians versus V.A.S.A
Table 2 Viridians Versus V.A.S.A
Table 3 Syntha versus Gladiators
Round four results (including headhunter points)
Table 1 - Sion Bayliss - Viridians (24) V Stefan Jelks- V.A.S.A (12)
Major Victory
Table 2 - Ian Fergus - Viridians (8) V James Fergus- V.A.S.A (28)
Major victory
Table 3 - Dan Rayner - Syntha (16) V Neil McGregor -Gladiators (20)
Draw
Highlights
From round one:
Greater pit beast advances towards the Viridian gun line
The Viridian Gun line
Viridian sniper has the greater pit beast lined up in his sights
On table 2 the Viridian commander faces off against a Black legion sergeant.
Neo Pi leads her synths
- Neo Pi and Neura engaged in a shooting duel to take each other out of the battle.
Suppressors cover their commander Neura
Both Viridian forces set up sniper positions
Syntha battle formations
Black legion sergeant and a Kabuki doll duel it out
Shock Troopers work together to kill a Hercules class biomech
A Secutor takes refuge in the buildings
From round three
V.A.S.A make a defensive position in the buildings
Black legion trades blows with a Hercules class biomech
Konrad Borislav lurks searching for the enemy commander
Artemis Biomech searches for Konrad
To great confusion, Shock marine sergeant (and Viridian commander)
deep in enemy Viridian territory
Konrad Borislav and Neo Pi locked in mortal combat,
both weakened from earlier wounds.
Gladiator Howitzer rains death upon Neura's V.A.S.A force
V.A.S.A defensive position,
The fighting grows fierce a Kabuki doll tries
to stop a charging Shock marine
Gladiator forces charge forward to the Syntha positions
Syntha plasma launcher waits for its target
Viridians cover each others advance
Final
Results
1st- Sion Bayliss - Viridians
2nd- James Fergus- V.A.S.A
3rd- Stefan Jelks- V.A.S.A
4th- Ian Fergus - Viridians
5th- Neil McGregor -Gladiators
2nd- James Fergus- V.A.S.A
3rd- Stefan Jelks- V.A.S.A
4th- Ian Fergus - Viridians
5th- Neil McGregor -Gladiators
6th- Dan Rayner - Syntha
Headhunter - Neil McGregor - Gladiators
Special Operations: Headhunter 2012 winners.
From left to right: Neil McGregor - Headhunter winner, James Fergus 2nd place, Sion Bayliss 1st place, Stefan Jelks 3rd place
Congratulations
to all the winners
and a thank you to everyone who
took part.
